Horse-boot



J. B. HOYT.

HORSE BOOT.

No. 398,834. Patented Mar. 5, 1889.

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UNITED STATES JAMES B. HOYT, OF

HORSE- TROY, XEXV YORK.

BOOT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 398,834, dated March 5,1889.

Application filed June '7, 1888. Serial No. 278,297. No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Janus B. HOYT, of the city of Troy, county ofRensselaer, and State of New York, have invented a new and usefulImprovementin Calking-Boots for Horses, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to certain improvements upon the calking boot forhorses for which Letters Patent were granted to me October 4, 1887. Thisclass of devices is made i to cover and protect the hoofs of animalsfrom calking; and the object of my improvement is to better adapt thesecalking-boots for wear and for attachment and detachment.

Accompanying this specification, to form a t part of it, there is asheet of drawings containing three figures illustrating my invention,with the same designation of parts by letter reference used in all ofthem. Of these illustrations, Figure 1 is a perspective of my improvedcalking-boot, with what is the front when worn turned toward the sight.Fig. 2 is another perspective of theboot with whatis the rear partturned toward the sight. Fig.

:1? of Fig. 1.

The several parts of the calking-boot thus illustrated are designated byletter-reference, and the function of the parts is described as follows:

The letter A designat the upper or body partof the boot, which is madeof thin sheet steel or other similarly-elastic sheet metal, which iscurved and drawn in at the top to nearly close around the ankle abovethe hoof, and therefrom is extended downwardly in a contour adapted tocover the front and sides of the hoof, leaving the back of the latteruncovered.

Theletter 71 designates slnnilders formed in the upper or body part, A,to adapt the latter to reston the upper part of the hoof where thelatter extends rearwardly.

Instead of the beaded edge formed in the top of the upper or body part,A, as illustrated in my older patent before named, I construct the bodyherein shown without said bead, and insert within the said top aninteriorly-placed lining of hard rubber or leather, as indicated at L,which is made to extend downwardly from the top of the body A a shortdistance, and upon the top of this lining I construct a bead, B,arranged to overlap the metal edge of the body and to outwardlysubtendthe latter thereat.

The letter ll designates a hinged hasp that is attached to the body orupper A upon one side of its back opening, and this hasp has a slot, S,made in its outer end having an entering-eye, e.

The letter P designates a pin that is outwardly projected from the bodypart A at that side edge of the back opening in the latter which isopposite to that on which the hasp is placed, and the letter Bdesignates a button-form head upon the pin P, so that when the boot isapplied to the hoof and the sides of the back opening are drawn togetherthe hinged hasp is passed down over the button B, by means of the eye 6in the end of the slot S, so that the narrow part of the slot willengage with the button-head to keep the parts connected.

The ring L, where lining the interior of the boot body or upper near itstop edge, in connection with its beaded top B, where outwardlysubtending the top metal edge of the body, makes the boot morecomfortable to the foot, and the substitution of the ring-L for themetal bead formed in the top of the sheet-metal body part makes thelatter more elastic and easy of application. The substitution of thehinged hasp and pin for the slot and pin of the older method, thoughperforming in reality the same oilice, enables the boot to be moreeasily attached and detached.

1 am well aware that my invention herein is limited to and only hasnovelty when considered as an. improvement upon the calkingboot forhorses described in my older patent alluded to.

Having thus describml 111 y invention, whatl.

I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

In a calking-lmot, the combination, with 9 hoof at the front and sides,of the non-metallie ring L, made to line the interior of the upper orbody part near its top and having the February, 1888, and in thepresence of the two Witnesses Whose names are hereto Written.

JAMES B. HOYT.

\Vitnesses: I

WILLIAM E. HAGAN, CHARLES S. BRINTNALL.

